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to fire the weapon only while supporting it directly in front of the trigger guard or by holding the lowered loading lever, which moved their left hand out of the path of danger during a chain fire. Other commanders instructed their men to load only a single chamber, preventing any chain fires from occurring. Loading a single chamber at a time also reduced the weapon to a single shot weapon, and effectively defeated the entire purpose of having a repeating rifle.
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were placed over the vent nipples at the rear of the cylinder. The weapon was now ready to fire. In addition to being susceptible to chain fire problems, the revolving cylinder design also tended to spray lead splinters into the wrist and hand of the user. Revolving pistols did not suffer from this problem since the user kept both hands behind the cylinder while firing a pistol.
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A distrust in the weapon developed as a result. Commanders attempted to get around the problem in a number of ways. The rifle had to be properly and thoroughly cleaned, since sloppy cleaning would leave residue behind that would increase the risk of a chain fire. Some commanders instructed their men
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The U.S. government had purchased 765 Colt revolving carbines and rifles prior to the Civil War. Many of these were shipped to southern locations and ended up being used by the
Confederacy. After the war began, the Union purchased many more rifles and carbines. Sources disagree over the exact number
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by the eight men who guarded the dangerous run between
Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe. When doubts were expressed about the ability of these eight men to deliver the letters on this run reliably, the in Missouri government declared that "these eight men are ready in case of attack to discharge
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in field conditions, lodging in various recesses around the firing cylinder. Hot gas leaking from the gap between the firing cylinder and the barrel would ignite this powder, which would in turn, ignite all of the powder in the chambers waiting to be fired. This is known as a "chain fire" and was a
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Colt revolving rifles were the first repeating rifles adopted by the U.S. government, but they had their problems. They were officially given to soldiers because of their rate of fire. But after firing six shots, the shooter had to take an excessive amount of time to reload. On occasion Colt rifles
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Many revolving rifles were purchased for the use of the militia of various states, and many militia companies entered the Civil War armed with them and never really used them in combat situations. The Colt
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Based on the
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A revolving rifle used percussion caps, like revolving pistols of the time. A cartridge (consisting of powder and a lead ball) was loaded into the front of the chamber and then compressed with a plunger that was located beneath the barrel. Once the cylinder's chambers were loaded, percussion caps
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The Model 1855, which was the most widely produced revolving rifle, was available in .36, .44 and .56 caliber. Four barrel lengths were available: 15, 18, 21 and 24 inches. A six shot cylinder was used if the caliber was .36 or the .44. If the caliber was .56, a five-shot cylinder was used.
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Patent Arms produced smoothbore revolving carbines and shotguns. The outbreak of war between the U.S. government and the
Seminole tribe provided Colt with his first break. Seminole warriors had learned that soldiers were vulnerable while reloading their single-shot firearms, and they developed a
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Revolving rifles were an attempt to increase the rate of fire of rifles by combining them with the revolving firing mechanism that had been developed earlier for revolving pistols. Colt began experimenting with revolving rifles in the early 19th century, making them in a variety of calibers and
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tactic of drawing fire, then rushing the temporarily defenseless soldiers and wiping them out before they could fire a second volley. Colt's revolving rifles were quite effective against this, and the army purchased his products for use by troops in the
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This was produced in a rifle version as well as a shortened carbine. In 1855 it became the first repeating rifle to be adopted for service by the U.S. Military, but problems with the design prevented its use until 1857. The principal problem was that
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the service. When used in the Civil War the soldiers in all branches of the service disliked them exceedingly on account of the flash and loud report so close to the face and dangerously strong recoil when several chambers went off at once.
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Some models could be fitted with sword or socket bayonets. The front sight would double as the bayonet lug for use with a socket bayonet, and those adapted for sword bayonets had lugs on the right side.
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relatively common failure with early percussion revolving firearms. When this happened with the Colt
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676:. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media, Inc. pp. 205–209.
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616:Rose, Alexander (21 October 2008).
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2015:Sharps & Hankins M1862 carbine
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1769:Elgin M1838 cutlass caplock pistol
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1597:Weapons of the American Civil War
673:Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms
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469:Rifles in the American Civil War
242:6-shot (.36/.44) or 5-shot (.56)
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2075:Springfield M1861 rifled musket
2070:Springfield M1855 rifled musket
1889:Brunswick P1836 and P1841 rifle
1842:Volcanic M1855 repeating pistol
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250:Colt New Model revolving rifles
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2273:6-pounder M1841 field cannon
2193:Gatling I and II machine gun
2005:Richmond M1861 rifled musket
1719:Colt M1836 Paterson revolver
1287:Colt Advanced Piston Carbine
1066:Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
833:Colt's Manufacturing Company
417:21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
375:Colt Root carbines, .56 cal.
258:Colt's Manufacturing Company
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2065:Springfield M1847 musketoon
1954:Henry M1860 repeating rifle
1919:Enfield P1853 rifled musket
1914:Deringer M1817 Common rifle
1909:Deringer M1814 Common rifle
1729:Colt M1848 Dragoon revolver
1656:M1852 naval officer's sword
1646:M1840 light artillery saber
1449:ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)
619:American Rifle: A Biography
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1734:Colt M1849 Pocket revolver
1724:Colt M1847 Walker revolver
1628:M1832 foot artillery sword
527:Silas S. Canfield (1893).
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2298:32-pounder M1844 howitzer
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1944:Hall-North M1843 carbine
1929:Fayetteville M1862 rifle
1804:Remington M1858 revolver
1759:Colt Root M1855 revolver
1749:Colt M1861 Navy revolver
1744:Colt M1860 Army revolver
1739:Colt M1851 Navy revolver
1061:Model 1903 Pocket Hammer
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143:Australian frontier wars
139:Indian Rebellion of 1857
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2134:Double-barreled shotgun
1986:Mississippi M1841 rifle
1924:Enfield P1861 musketoon
977:Police Positive Special
511:13 January 2007 at the
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1934:Gallager M1861 carbine
1894:Burnside M1855 carbine
1857:Whitney M1857 revolver
1837:Tranter M1856 revolver
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562:Graf, John F. (2009).
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1879:Augustin M1842 musket
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1847:Walch M1859 revolver
1799:Moore M1864 revolver
1794:LeMat M1856 revolver
1694:Adams M1851 revolver
1325:Colt Automatic Rifle
779:, 1920, pp. 153-154.
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2020:Smith M1857 carbine
1884:Ballard M1861 rifle
1779:Kerr M1855 revolver
1641:M1840 cavalry saber
1632:M1833 dragoon saber
670:Sapp, Rick (2007).
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1962:carbine
1871:muskets
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